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One thing to SNG's credit is that while I hate the "liar reveal" story telling device in movies, SNG did it in a unique way that I didn't expect and therefore didn't mind. I applaud this movie.

What are your thoughts on mentally disturbed individuals in movies? I kind of am disappointed that movie makers feel they need to give a reason to someone being weird. Like in Silver Linings Playbook. I've never seen it, but from what I know, the girl's brother is dead and that's why she's weird. Can't she just be weird just because that's the kind of person she is?

It's part of a engine. The writer needs reasons to drive the character. To create dynamics between characters and give depth. Also, to endear and/or give insight to the audience for character.
Explanations for character motives are kind of an insurance, that people will become emotionally invested in the story.
Unless...
you are an odd ball pop actor like Johnny Depp or Christopher Walken. Then people just except it with little explanation. Because they are already emotionally invested in the performance.

One thing to SNG's credit is that while I hate the "liar reveal" story telling device in movies, SNG did it in a unique way that I didn't expect and therefore didn't mind. I applaud this movie.

What are your thoughts on mentally disturbed individuals in movies? I kind of am disappointed that movie makers feel they need to give a reason to someone being weird. Like in Silver Linings Playbook. I've never seen it, but from what I know, the girl's brother is dead and that's why she's weird. Can't she just be weird just because that's the kind of person she is?

Jennifer Lawrence struck me as a weird person in general in SLP, her husband's death just made her worse. Same with Bradley Cooper. Part of his looniness comes from his superstitious dad, i thought. Then his wife cheats and he loses it even more. That was a great movie, by the way.

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I thought the genre kind of got in its own way. The mental issues really touched me but everything (including the dance competition results) ended a little too fairy tale ending for me. Kind of like the Choke movie.

I watched it as a favor to a friend but didn't expect to get into it. It's fucking amazing though! Everything about it is perfect. PERFECT. All because the story is perfect. The makeup, special effects, 60's overacting, none of it detracts at all from anything. And the ending... oh god the ending... I don't have to tell you about the ending.

The Master was really cool. I'm a PT Anderson fanatic so i'm biased but i loved the whole thing. It was so weird and the music was great and the story perplexed me. Really good. And if Daniel Day Lewis hadn't been up for an Oscar, Joaquin Phoenix would have won it.

Melondy (ScribblinDes) would like it hereby known to one and all that...

She is a giggling Twihard Fangirl
She has the world's biggest collection of Jacob/Edward slash-fiction
Skinny pouty boys in glitter makeup make her feel all squiggly in the knees
She has permanently bonded with Renesme
K-Stew is, like, the very bestest actress in this universe or any other.
From now on her new Cult name is MistessDarkVampyBell

I have never hidden the fact that I've read and enjoyed the Twilight books, terrible though they may be. I came here to tell you all that I just watched the last Twilight movie. Feel free to make fun of me. It was a bit terrible, as expected, especially since Kristen Stewart is in it, she's so awful. I'm sorry, I mean I love my awesome besty K-stew.

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